Uequhart. — On Nciv Species of Araneac. 175 



of set, posited obliquely on a very slight elevation ; less than 

 their radius apart. 



Falces pale yellow-ochreous ; conical, vertical, gibbous at 

 base in front, nearly as stout as first quarter of femur. 



Maxilla light-ochreous, stained ; rather longer than broad, 

 dilated, obtusely pointed, inclined towards each other. 



Labium brownish -yellow, apex pale; perceptibly wider 

 than long, round-pointed. 



Sternum brownish-ochreous, fuscous clouds ; cordate ; emi- 

 nences slight. 



Legs brownish-ochreous, femora suffused with lake ; hairs 

 short, sparse, whitish ; tolerably well armed with yellowish, 

 dark-based spines ; legs somewhat slender ; first and second 

 pairs of about equal length and strength. 



Palpi yellowish, green tinge ; slender ; armed with light 

 hairs and spines. 



Abdomen triangular -ovate, depressedly convex; ground- 

 pattern formed by a series of confluent, large, cream-coloured 

 flecks, stained with light-brown, indications of purple margins ; 

 folium purple cream -colour, spotted with purple; leaf-like, 

 acute-crenate ; petiole and midrib formed by a series of elon- 

 gated spots of the normal ground-shades, placed transversely 

 on posterior half ; the four impressed spots occur within four 

 rather large, subpyriform marks. Ventral surface suffused 

 with bright-lake, bordered by broad, irregular, greenish-black 

 bands, which encroach into the basal region ; shield similar 

 shade, triangular. Corpus vulvce glossy, fuscous-black ; pro- 

 jecting, base elliptical, transverse, about twice as broad as 

 long, wrinkled ; scape brownish ; moderately wide, of some- 

 what even breadth, flat, transversely rugose ; apex circular, 

 ladle-like ; intersects and projects beyond two well-developed 

 convoluted lobes. 



Two specimens of this handsome, pale-tinted species were 

 captured on Taupiri Mountain. A. T. U. 



Epeirana viridana, sp. nov. 



Fern. — Ceph.-th., long, 32; wide, 2-8. Abd., long, 5; 

 wide, 4. Legs, 1, 2, 4, 3 = 14-8, 13, 11, 8 mm. 



Ccphalothorax light ochraceous - brown ; cephalic part 

 lightly suffused with bright-green ; displays a large, fuscous 

 heart- or spade-shaped spot over foveal indentation; the brown 

 streaks that define caput grooves are bent to an obtuse angle 

 at limit of caput, and form a continuous line to region of 

 fovea; hairs adpressed, light, somewhat sparse; clathrate ; 

 pars cephalica moderately convex, eye-prominence projects 

 well over chjpeus, whose depth fully equals the interspace be- 

 tween the fore-central eyes ; lateral index equals two-thirds 

 of facial ; pars thoracica convex, well rounded ; fovea tole- 



